Borderlands (2009)

Borderlands is an action role-playing first-person shooter set on the distant planet of Pandora. Players choose from four characters, each with distinct combat abilities, and explore an open world rendered in a distinctive cartoon-style visual approach. Gameplay revolves around completing missions, defeating enemies, and collecting procedurally generated weapons with varying statistics and elemental effects. The game supports cooperative play for up to four players, with enemy difficulty scaling based on the number of participants.

Release date

October 20, 2009

Genres

Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)

Developer

Gearbox Software, Feral Interactive

Publisher

2K Games, CyberFront, Take-Two Interactive, Feral Interactive

Metacritic Metascore: 84.

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